September 19, 2023
Senator Cynthia A. Villar (middle) led Monday the inauguration of the PBIDC Shared Service Facility (SSF) in Marikina City which will help boost Philippines’ vision to industrialize bamboo.
Shown is a display at the SSF of a Filipino-designed bicycle that uses bamboo.
Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Deogracias Victor B. Savellano (right) assisted Villar on a tour of the Philippine Bamboo Industry Development Council’s (PBIDC) SSF which is housed at the Center for Innovation and Technology for Enterprise (CITE) in Marikina City.
The SSF has training machines, equipment, function rooms, a dormitory for in-house training, and offices. The CITE also has a Bambusetum, a depository of bamboo genetic species. PBIDC-SSF offers training on bamboo propagule production and bamboo product processing. The global bamboo industry generates $70 billion in yearly revenue—growing to $100 billion before end-2030. (Melody Mendoza Aguiba)
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